Barbados
MURRELL ON A MISSION: RUGBY BARBADOS’ VP INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION
"Rugby shapes lives,” says Vice President of the Barbados Rugby Football Union (BRFU) and National Director of the Get Into Rugby Barbados (GIR Barbados) Programme Kevyn Murrell when asked about the motivation behind his role within the Rugby community. Murrell’s...
BARBADOS’ JARA EMTAGE-CAVE IS FLYING HIGH TO HARVARD
Bridgetown, Barbados - Barbados might be a small island, but there’s no shortage of beauty, brains and brawn on this nation’s rugby pitches. Just ask 18-year-old Jara Emtage-Cave, one of the island’s most promising up-and-coming women’s players, who not only loves a...
BARBADOS AND BEYOND – CAPTAIN SEAN IS WARD-ING OFF LIMITATIONS
It’s a little-known fact that Barbados is renowned as the official birthplace of Caribbean Rugby, with competitive matches between British troops said to date back as far as the early 1900s. Since the 1960s, the national development of the sport has been guided by the...
Rugby Charity Golf Tournament raises over $10,000 for Cancer Society
Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament organisers have officially announced a donation of BBD$10,225 to the Barbados Cancer Society (BCS) as a result of the 2019 Gavin Clark Memorial RBW7s Charity Golf Tournament last month. The Charity Golf Tournament was held at...
World Rugby launches ground-breaking preventive exercise programme designed to reduce injuries
World Rugby committed to evidence-based injury-prevention and making rugby as safe and simple to play as possible Activate is a simple-to-implement exercise programme that reduces the risk of injuries in the game and contributes to player performance If implemented...
Team Jamaica introduce over 300 kids to the game of rugby in Barbados
The Jamaican Men's and Women's teams made one of their first stops in Barbados at St. Gabriel's School in Bridgetown on Thursday. The national teams spent over two hours at the prep school playing games, interacting with the kids, and introducing the school community...
Barbados’ Men’s Sevens team hoping to take US tour successes into upcoming RAN Sevens Tournament
Bridgetown – Barbados’ male Rugby 7s team has arrived home after touring the United States to compete in club Rugby tournaments in New York, Buffalo and Pennsylvania. The tour saw the team test their skills against traditionally very strong rugby sevens club teams,...
Match Recap: Jamaica vs. Barbados, April 28th
RECAP: Jamaica jumped out to an early 10-0 lead after two quick tries in the 10th and 12th minute before Barbados pulled back a converted try at 17 minutes to pull within 3. Another breakaway try by Jamaica's captain Oshane Edie in the 24th minute seemed to have...
2018 RAN Sevens heads to Barbados
The 2018 RAN Men’s and Women’s Sevens will take place in Barbados over the weekend of September 22nd and 23rd, 2018. Holders Hill Polo ground in Holders Hill, St. James will be the venue for the annual international sevens tournament. For over a decade RAN has...
Eight RAN Teams Ready to Compete for an Invitation to the Youth Olympic Games
YOG Qualifiers Schedule & Results: SILVER BOWL SPORTS PARK TIME DAY 1 900 CANADA 35-1 JAMAICA (M) 922 USA 57-0 BARBADOS (M) 944 USA 41-0 MEXICO (W) 1002 CANADA 57-0 BARBADOS (W) break 1130 USA 38-7 JAMAICA (M) 1152 CANADA 48-0 BARBADOS (M) 1214 CANADA 67-0 MEXICO...